Shahzad v. State of U.P.
Case brief
What is this about?
Single judge court allowed illegal bail application under U.P. Gangster Act. Court found applicant had made out case, particularly absence of prior criminal history beyond gang chart entries in other cases.
What did the court decide?
Applicant released on bail on furnishing personal bond and two sureties with standard stipulations.
What the court decided
Court No. - 50 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 46554 of 2018 Applicant :- Shahzad Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- Rizwan Ahmad(Qureshi) Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.
Hon'ble Aniruddha Singh,J.
This is the second bail application. First bail application of the applicant was dismissed as not pressed with liberty to file fresh bail application.
Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that according to gang chart, two cases had been shown against accused applicant and he is on bail. The applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is languishing in jail since 3.7.2018 (near about six months) and in case he is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail and will cooperate in the trial. It is further submitted that no bail cancellation application has been moved till today regarding the cases shown in the gang chart.
Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail and admitted that there is no criminal history against the applicant except the gang chart and further he could not dispute the aforesaid fact as argued by learned counsel for the applicant.
Keeping in view the nature of the offence, provision for initiation of cases and release of the accused in U.P. Gangster and Anti Social Activities (Prevention) Act, evidence, complicity of the accused, severity of punishment, submissions of the learned counsel for the parties and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the applicant makes out a prima facie case for bail.
Whether bail is appropriate given the nature of offence under U.P. Gangster Act.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
Shahzad
Coram
Aniruddha Singh
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
- Court
- Allahabad HC
- Decided on
- · January
- Registered
- Case no.
- BAIL/46554/2018
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